CHAPTER 8 – MPUMALANGAPROVINCE Introduction

CHAPTER 8 – MPUMALANGAPROVINCE Introduction Water services delivery is performed by nineteen (19) Water Services Authorities in Mpumalanga via 80 Provincial Blue Drop drinking water supply systems. Score 56.50% A total design capacity of 661 is available for drinking water supply in MpumalangaProvince, distributed across 80 supply systems. Operational data is not available for all systems, however the existing data Provincial Best Performer indicates average operating capacities between 71 and 118%. This result in an average output volume (final water) of 502 Ml/day. Steve Tshwete Local Municipality is the best performing municipality in Mpumalanga Province: 96.60% Municipal Blue Drop Score MICRO SMALL MEDIUM LARGE MACRO SIZE SIZE SIZE SIZE SIZE Undeter- Total <0.5 0.5-2 2-10 <10-25 >25 mined Mℓ/day Mℓ/day Mℓ/day Mℓ/day Mℓ/day No of Water 6 19 25 7 8 159 80 Supply Systems System Design 1.8 27.3 104.7 109.0 416.0 NI 660.7 Volume (Mℓ/day) Average Operating 118.2 71.3 77.3 83.4 71.5 NI 75.9 Capacity (%) Output volume 2.2 19.5 81.1 90.9 297.4 NI 501.5 (Mℓ/day) N/A = Not Applicable NI = No Information MPUMALANGA Page 1 MPUMALANGA Page 2 Provincial Blue Drop Analysis Analysis of the Blue Drop assessments and site inspection results indicate that performance vary from excellent to unsatisfactory. A total of 100% municipalities were assessed during the 2010/11 Blue Drop Certification. BLUE DROP COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Performance Performance Category 2009 2010 2011 trend Incentive-based indicators 8 (of 21) 14 (of 21 ) 19 (of 21) Number of municipalities assessed ↑ (38.0%) (66.7%) (90.47%) Number of water systems assessed 35 78 80 ↑ 19 24 44 Number of Blue Drop scores ≥50% ↑ (54.28%) (30.7%) (55%) 16 54 36 Number of Blue Drop scores <50% ↑ (45.71%) (69.23%) (45%) Number of Blue Drop awards 3 6 8 ↑ PROVINCIAL BLUE DROP SCORE 51% 65.42% 56.50% ↑ N/A = Not applied ↑ = improvement, ↓ = digress, → = no change Most of the Mpumalanga municipalities is committed to the Blue Drop process, in an effort to raise the drinking water quality and reliability of supply to all consumers. The incentive-based regulatory approach act as a positive stimulus to facilitate improved performance and public accountability, whilst establishing essential systems and Trend Analysis: Provincial Blue Drop processes to sustain and measure gradual improvement. The trends Score – Years 2009 to 2011 analysis indicate that Mpumalanga is not quite on par with their provincial objectives to ensure continued improvement, as can be seen from the drop in provincial score from 65.4 to 56.5%. Renewed effort and resources will have to be applied to turn around this undesirable trend. On a positive note, the overall appearance looks positive, as can be seen by the increased number of Blue Drops in the province, as a reflection of prominent centres of excellence in this Province. In addition, the number of systems that achieve >50% Blue drop status has also increased. However, the most significant statistic is the Provincial Blue Drop Score of 56.5%, which place Mpumalanga amongst the lower performing provinces on the national Performance Log. MPUMALANGA Page 3 MPUMALANGA Page 4 When comparing 2011 Blue Drop results with 2009 and 2010, the following trends are observed: 80 systems are assessed in 2011 compare to only 35 (2009) and 78 (2010) 8 systems achieved Blue Drop Certification, compared to 6 (2010) and 3 (2009) 0% systems scored between 0-33% in 2010, which eliminate critical systems from the Mpumalanga performance log × 37.5% of all systems are now in critical condition compared to 60% (2010), which is a progressive improvement. Readers need to be mindful that Blue Drop Certification follows a regulation strategy that facilitates gradual and sustainable improvement.... Thereby, Blue Drop requirements become more stringent with every assessment cycle. Municipalities who merely ‘maintained’ their water on same levels year in and out, is likely to achieve reduced Blue Drop scores, whilst municipalities that drive ‘continuous’ improvement, are likely to be awarded with improved Blue Drop scores with each assessment cycle. Conclusion The Blue Drop results for 2011 indicate that municipal drinking water quality management in Mpumalanga vary from excellent to good, with 4 systems that need attention, as indicated in the Provincial Performance Log. The overall business of drinking water supply and quality management is satisfactory, however areas of concern are raised where improvement is required. Mpumalanga is taking a position amongst the lower performing provinces in the country. Eight Blue Drop Certificates are awarded in Mpumalanga: 2 Blue Drops : Mbombela Local Municipality / Silulumanzi 6 Blue Drops : Steve Tswete Local Municipality / ESKOM MPUMALANGA Page 5 MPUMALANGA Page 6 Regulatory Impression: Water Services Authority: Albert Luthuli Local Municipality Water Services Providers: Albert Luthuli Local Municipality The 2011 Blue Drop score of Albert Luthuli Local Municipality showed minimal improvement from the previous assessment. The Department however acknowledges the commencement of the water safety Municipal Blue Drop Score 2011: 09.78% planning process. The commitment from the technical team is noted, even though the team currently faces a challenge with regards to staff turn-over. The current team was found to work under challenging Performance Area Carolina Badplass Mpuluzi Lushushwane / conditions. s m Bettysgoed e t s y S Although the Municipality appointed a service provider to assist in turning around the current appalling situation, DWA requires Albert Luthuli to immediately improve Drinking Water Quality (DWQ) Water Safety Planning Process & 49 49 49 49 Incident Response Management management with intensive effort, all Blue Drop Requirements needs to be addressed. Process Control, Maintenance & 23 23 23 23 Management Skills Management support is needed for implementation of the water safety plan already noted being Monitoring Programme 0 0 0 0 developed, funds must be available to improve DWQ service delivery. While the municipality and Credibility of Sample Analyses 5 5 5 5 service provider attempts to improve the situation, information should be submitted on the Blue Drop Submission of Results 0 0 0 0 System to allow DWA to monitor the situation (as required in Section 82 of the Water Services Act, No Drinking Water Quality Compliance 0 0 0 0 108 of 1997). Conservatively, the Department assumes that all water within the jurisdiction of the Performance Publication 0 0 0 0 municipality poses a risk of infection. Asset Management 0 0 0 0 Bonus Scores 0 0 0 0 NB: The Regulator is extremely concerned with the performance of drinking water quality Penalties 0 0 0 0 management by Albert Luthuli. The WSA is requested to submit a Corrective Action Plan to the Blue Drop Score (2011) 09.78% (↑) 09.78% (→) 09.78% (→) 09.78% (→) Department within 30 days of release of the Blue Drop Report. Blue Drop Score (2010) 05.13% 08.96% 08.63% 08.63% System Design Supply Capacity (Ml/d) 6 4 8.5 4 Findings System Operational Capacity 60% NI NI NI Population Served by System 13 632 10 600 44 983 1 106 Ave. Daily Consumption per Capita (l) 264 - - - 1. According to the BDS, only two systems are registered. This does not allow DWA to Microbiological Compliance(12 months) 56.00% (7 months) 56.00% (7 months) 56.00% (7 months) 56.00% (7 months) adequately evaluate all seven system presented for evaluation. DWQ data has to be Chemical Compliance(12 months) 95.00% (6 months) 95.00% (6 months) 95.00% (6 months) 95.00% (6 months) submitted per supply system, monitoring should occur as often as stipulated in SANS 241 (South African standard for Drinking Water) and informed by the risk assessment. This Performance Area Elukwatini Metula Fernie Ekulindeni must be rectified as soon as possible. s m e t s y S 2. It is evident that there is a decline in the Microbial DWQ management practices of the municipality (i.e. disinfection), the inconsistent sampling practice is furthermore Water Safety Planning Process & 49 49 49 Incident Response Management disconcerting since a false impression of safe water could be portrayed against the limited Process Control, Maintenance & 23 23 23 data. Management Skills Monitoring Programme 0 0 0 3. Compared with the results in 2010 for 11 months, the 7 months of microbiological and 6 Credibility of Sample Analyses 5 5 5 months chemical data confirms that all water poses a serious risk to public health. Submission of Results 0 0 0 Drinking Water Quality Compliance 0 0 0 4. Other areas that requires urgent attention by the Municipality are: Performance Publication 0 0 0 Process Control, Maintenance & Management Skills Asset Management 0 0 0 Monitoring Programme Bonus Scores 0 0 0 Credibility of Sample Analyses Penalties 0 0 0 Performance Publication Blue Drop Score (2011) 09.78% (→) 09.78% (→) 09.78% (→) Asset Management Blue Drop Score (2010) 08.63% 08.63% 08.63% System Design Supply Capacity (Ml/d) 13 7 5 System Operational Capacity NI NI 66% Population Served by System 65 654 31 056 10 885 Ave. Daily Consumption per Capita (l) - - 322 Microbiological Compliance(12 months) 56.00% (7 months) 56.00% (7 months) 56.00% (7 months) Chemical Compliance(12 months) 95.00% (6 months) 95.00% (6 months) 95.00% (6 months) MPUMALANGA Page 7 MPUMALANGA Page 8 Regulatory Impression: Water Services Authority: Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Water Services Providers: Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Regrettably, despite numerous communiqué between the WSA and the Blue Drop Inspectors in an attempt to finalise the virtual assessment against data / information loaded on the Blue Drop System Municipal Blue Drop Score 2011: 29.89% (BDS), no data was uploaded on the BDS at the confirmation assessment.

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